David Clark, AOLAF Chairperson, is pleased to announce the 2025 AOLAF Academic Scholarship Contest, as well as the 2025 AOLAF Trade Scholarship Contest.

This year there will be seventeen (17) Academic Scholarship recipients to be awarded as follows:

• The 2025 Central Alabama Building Trades Scholarship:
  1 - $4,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Central Alabama Building Trades and The Pat Keahey Law Firm)
• The 2025 Billy Tindle Memorial Scholarship:
  1 - $3,500.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by IAM District Lodge 75 and The Pat Keahey Law Firm)
• The 2025 James Albright Memorial Scholarship:
  1 - $1,500.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Gardner Firm PC)
• The 2025 James F. Swindle Memorial Scholarship:
  1 - $1,500.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davies & Rouco Law Firm)
• The 2025 Darrell Turner Memorial Scholarship:
  1 - $1,500.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Bradley Turner & UA Pipeliners Local 798)
• The 2025 Pat Keahey Scholarship In Honor of Southern Building Trades:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Pat Keahey Law Firm)
• The 2025 Pat Keahey Scholarship In Honor of United Steelworkers:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Pat Keahey Law Firm)
• The 2025 Pat Keahey Scholarship In Honor of Northern Building Trades:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Pat Keahey Law Firm)
• The 2025 United Mineworkers of America Cecil E. Roberts Scholarships:
  2 - $1,000.00 Scholarships
  (Funded by United Mineworkers of America)
• The 2025 United Steelworkers District 9 Scholarship:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by United Steelworkers District 9)
• The 2025 Southern Nuclear Company Scholarship:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Southern Nuclear Company)
• The 2025 Alabama Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Scholarship:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Alabama Coalition of Black Trade Unionists)
• The 2025 Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 91 Scholarship:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 91)
• The 2025 Iron Workers Local 92 Scholarship:
  1 - $ 1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Iron Workers Local 92)
• The 2025 Jimbo Humphries Memorial Scholarship:
  1 - $2,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Jimbo Humphries Memorial Scholarship Fund & United Steelworkers Locals 1013 and 2122)
• The 2025 USW Local 1013 & 2122 Memorial Scholarship:
  1 - $1,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Jimbo Humphries Memorial Scholarship Fund & United Steelworkers Locals 1013 and 2122)

This year, the Academic & Trade Scholarship applicants will be required to interview with a local union office. Applicants must be prepared to answer the following questions when interviewing with a local union office:

1. Tell me the history of this local union.
2. What is the future of this local union?
3. What is the advantage of being a union member?
4. In your opinion, what can be done to grow the labor movement as opposed to the future of the Local Union?

The results of the interview should be provided to the applicant, by the local union, in a good standing letter to the AOLAF Scholarship Committee.

The Academic scholarship applicants are also required to turn in an essay. This year, our essay topic will be:

“Explain how union membership has been a benefit to your family.”

The Academic scholarship contest is open to current Alabama union members, their spouses, their dependents and their grandchildren that are full or part-time post-secondary students. Also, the person applying should be an undergraduate student. All required paperwork must be submitted by Friday, June 13, 2025 and the winners will be announced at the 2025 AOLAF Banquet. Enclosed please find an announcement and a contest packet. Please post the announcement and keep copies of the instructions and application forms available for your membership.

This year, there will be 6 (six) “Trade Scholarship” recipients to be awarded as follows:

• The 2025 Alabama Power/Alabama AFL-CIO Trade Scholarship:
  1 - $2,500.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Alabama Power Company and Alabama AFL-CIO)
• The 2025 Alabama Power Trade Scholarship:
  1 - $1,250.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Alabama Power Company)
• The 2025 Southern Nuclear Trade Scholarship:
  1 - $1,250.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by Southern Nuclear Company)
• The 2025 Walker-Ennis Memorial Trade Scholarships:
  2 - $500.00 Scholarships
  (Funded by Alison Washington/AFLAC)
• The 2025 Robby (Ol’ Skoo) Hill Memorial Trade Scholarships:
  1 - $2,000.00 Scholarship
  (Funded by The Jimbo Humphries Memorial Scholarship Fund and USW Locals 1013 & 2122)

The applicant for the Trade scholarships should be a union member or a family member of a union member. The applicant must already be accepted into a union-accredited pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship program and/or an accredited technical college. All required paperwork for the Trade Scholarship must be submitted by Friday, June 13, 2025 and the winners will be announced at the 2025 AOLAF Banquet. Enclosed please find an announcement and an application form. Please post the announcement and keep copies of the application forms available for your membership.

See the attached PDF file below for more information.